re: #62 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

When you say ‘we’, who do you mean? Because I don’t. I want all the people who have guns who don’t actually need them to realize that, and stop owning them.

By “we” I mean those who actually understand how gun safety training happens, want it to happen and who appreciate the desire for a gun, not just the need. Want and need are personal decisions by the individuals or families involved. There is self defense and then there is all those target and hunting sports. And subsistence hunting in our remote areas.

Beyond that it would be great for school employees to get a particular kind of gun safety class. There is no live ammo or shooting. It’s a pure safe handling class designed for people like teachers or parents who may find a gun and need to handle it enough to unload it or open it safely then take out of harms way. Like from a confiscated backpack or a locker. Or as we have seen a lost gun in a bathroom. Pure safety and handling, not shooting and certainly not promoting the sport.

Are you saying this guy wasn’t an insured, certified pro?

Absolutely not. I am saying the chances of an accident in class are far less with a trained, certified and insured pro instructor than with a casual shooter friend or online or from a book.